Here and there, amongst the summer fruits and vegetables, signs of fall are beginning to dot the landscape of our farmers' market...

To be sure, the Hollywood Farmers' Market still abounds with summertime staples like watermelon, green beans, and tomatoes (which will be celebrated at the market's annual Peak of Summer Tomato Festival on Sunday, September 7). But now the pattypan and crookneck squashes are making way for winter varieties such as acorn, delicata, and kabocha. Happily, we have things like this to temper our melancholy about the end of summer. Soon we'll be enjoying the aroma of roasted butternut squash and apple pie baking in the oven...

Has autumn arrived at your farmers' market? What cool-weather ingredients are you looking forward to?

(Images: Gregory Han)

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Emily Han (formerly Emily Ho) is a writer, recipe developer and educator on topics such as food preservation, wild food and herbalism. She is author of Wild Drinks and Cocktails (Fall 2015), co-founder of Food Swap Network and creator of Miss Chiffonade